Texas Gov. Rick Perry jabs Andrew Cuomo

Texas Gov. Rick Perry singled out New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday while arguing that other governors should be envious of the Lone Star State’s economic record.

“I’m sure that I couldn’t get all 49 other governors to admit that they would want to be Texans,” Perry said, according to The Associated Press. “I’m thinking that Gov. Cuomo would not admit that he’d want to be a Texan.”

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“But if he were truthful,” the former GOP presidential hopeful continued, “you could say that the economic climate that has allowed the state to grow and create jobs, he’d dearly love to be able to stand up and say, ‘We did this in New York.’ But he can’t.”

Perry was speaking at a policy orientation sponsored by the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, as the Texas state Legislature kicks off a new session. Both Cuomo and Perry have been mentioned as possible 2016 presidential hopefuls. The Texas governor’s swipe came the same week the New York governor pushed for tighter gun restrictions in a State of the State address that sparked further speculation about his future plans.

For his part, Perry told POLITICO in a November email exchange that he would “make more decisions about my immediate future later in the summer.”

“I’m healthy, I’m happy, I’m passionate about what I do,” he said at the time. “I’ll continue fighting for the conservative causes of limited government, restrained spending, low taxes and individual liberty, and working with those of the same vision to make this country a better place. Right now, I’m focused on the legislative session we have ahead of us in Texas. I’ll make more decisions about my immediate future later in the summer.”

Perry's 'economic glory' is a fiction. He's been propped up by the federal government that bailed the state out of its deficit. But that money won't be available anymore and the state's liabilities with Medicaid, health care, and education will not sustain the 'rosy' picture that exists today. Perry will be long gone when the proverbial 'stuff' hits the fan. But it will be decades that Perry's legacy will be discussed. And that won't be so rosy.

"Texas Gov. Rick Perry singled out New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Thursday while arguing that other governors should be envious of the Lone Star State’s economic record".

Mr. Perry THREE things to counter your stellar economic record.

1. You do have a very high employment rate in Texas, except for the fact you have created highest number of minimum wage jobs in the country right here in Texas. No wonder you keep on having companies invest in Texas, for that cheap labor.

2. Texas receives more in Federal Disaster aid than any other state in the country. SO much for seceding from the Union.

Just returned from the Great State of Texas. Tell you what...jobs are booming, infrastructure is taking place and people want to move to Texas. Why...because the State Government believes in individual freedoms...the Constitution.

Many people did not know that when Perry was running for POTUS, he had his spine fused. He was in pain...and yes, he forgot one of the three departments he would eliminate. Any of you had that happen to you when you are in pain. Sure has happened to me. Be that as it may...Perry, if he had won the election would have fought for individual freedoms...he would have gotten the Federal Government out of your lives and he would have instituted policies in line with OUR Constitution and he has respect for our military.

Now...New York...and especially Bloomberg has decided how much soda you can drink, how much salt you can have...and today...has issued an edict telling DOCTORS in the ER what they can and cannot prescribe. While I am not a fan of painkillers...some people with serious operations (seeing that they can only stay in the hospital for 1-2 days..need more than a three day supply.

So...while you accused Perry as being "dumb as a fence" (which btw shows your intelligence, those two can't be compared)...Go visit Texas. Check out of people...they are courteous, nice and generous and treat the visitor with respect. Check out the jobs, check out the new housing, check out how they are keeping their state current with infrastructure. So...Your scapegoat...Perry...does a pretty good job. Being a former New York State resident...I WOULD NEVER, EVER GO BACK TO THAT ENTIRE STATE if you paid me. Too many taxes, too much restriction...I mean...salt and soda..that is too much not to mention that their infrastructure is in need of MEGA repair...and the freeloads on the State's dime make it impossible to fix anything.

If Cuomo and Perry do run in 2016....I hope people look to what each did for their State. Therein lies the proof of what you can expect. BTW....Governor Cuomo...why didn't you open your mouth about the PORK that was added to the Hurricane Relief Bill...I mean...really, the Smithonian...Are you for your people or for updating an art museum????????????

Vietnam Vet said " Considering Texas ranking in Education and Healthcare, just to name 2, I strongly doubt that New Yorkers are envious:)) "

Yeah...but those people sure do have common sense...now what was that you were saying about Education or Healthcare. Let's see...your State Education Pensions are busted because you care more about TEACHERS than your next generation. That, my friend is SELFISH to our country. Healthcare...why honey...we all have Obamacare...and when you find out what is in it...you will be in deep doo doo. You see, Obamacare was not a clean bill...it contained all kinds of things that are going to hurt you as a citizen. If you are going to school...you are going to be screwed...sell you house, screwed to the tune of 3.8% of the purchase price. All kinds of good things. And...if that were not enough...Bloomberg...the "little king", Obama being the "big king" has decided how much medicine you can receive and has overidden the docs. SO MUCH FREEDOM IN NEW YORK. Just think...you fought for our freedoms. Why not visit Texas...and see where your hard earned fight still shines.

Yeah, thats only why their are gobs of money in New York and Texas is a whore to the oil industry with alot of low paying, dead end jobs. Not to worry, with the growing hispanic population, Texas will be purple soon enough.

Rick Perry has devoted his adult life to creating a more prosperous Texas. The Lone Star State’s 47th governor, he has defended Texans’ conservative values, fought for principled solutions to tough challenges and worked to implement a clear vision for better schools, more jobs, safer communities and a brighter future.

Thanks to his adherence to tough fiscal discipline, Governor Perry has helped shape a job creation environment unlike any other state’s. With low taxes & government spending, predictable regulations, a fair legal system and increasingly accountable schools, Texas has led the nation in job creation with more jobs gained than any other state in 2010 and over the past ten years.

As a result, Texas is consistently ranked as the nation’s best place to do business and create jobs.

To prepare young Texans to fill these jobs, Gov. Perry has led the fight for better schools, including a $2,000 teacher pay raise, a return to basic subjects like math, history and science, and ways to measure student success. He has consistently worked for higher standards and greater accountability. He ordered schools to spend 65% of tax dollars directly in the classroom—not bureaucracy—and required districts to open their financial books so taxpayers can see how their money is being spent. Texas now has the country’s largest teacher performance pay program and has been recognized as a leader in preparing students to graduate high school college- or career-ready. Today student test scores are rising, and a record number of young Texans are going to college.

Texans are safer because Gov. Perry has pursued an aggressive border security strategy that is putting more boots on the ground, more helicopters in the sky, and more resources into the hands of Texas peace officers standing between Texans and the exploding drug-related violence across the border.

Throughout his term in office, Gov. Perry has proven himself to be a leader who does what he believes is right, regardless of what critics may say.

He refused to raise taxes when Texas faced a record $10 billion budget shortfall in 2003. Instead, he was the first Texas governor since World War II to sign a budget that lowered state spending (and has now done it twice). As governor, Perry has used his line item veto to cut over $3 billion in proposed spending.

He led the battle to pass the country’s most sweeping lawsuit reforms, closing the door on junk lawsuits that had been making trial lawyers rich while driving countless doctors either out of the state or the profession all together. Since Texas voters approved these reforms, malpractice claims and premiums have fallen and access to healthcare is increasing across the state as doctors have applied in droves to practice in Texas.

In 2005, Perry signed a historic $15.7 billion property tax cut for homeowners and businesses that also included new taxpayer protections against appraisal increases. In 2009, Gov. Perry secured a tax cut for approximately 40,000 small businesses in Texas and protected the Rainy Day Fund for future challenges.

A fifth generation Texan, Perry grew up the son of tenant farmers in the tiny West Texas town of Paint Creek. The younger of Ray and Amelia Perry’s two children, he was active in scouting and earned distinction as an Eagle Scout. He is the author of a best-selling reflection on Boy Scout values titled “On My Honor: Why The American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For.”

Perry was one of the first in his family to go to college, earning a degree in Animal Science at Texas A&M, where he was also a member of the Corps of Cadets and a Yell Leader.

Between 1972 and 1977, Perry served in the U.S. Air Force flying C-130 tactical airlift aircraft in Europe and the Middle East. He is a lifetime member of both the NRA and American Legion Post #75.

Prior to being elected Lieutenant Governor in 1998, he served two terms as Texas Commissioner of Agriculture and three terms in the Texas House of Representatives.

Perry married his childhood sweetheart, Anita Thigpen, in 1982. They have two children, Griffin (married to Meredith) and Sydney.

Except, Texas' economic boom is #1 a myth, and #2 can only be kept up for so long before things collapse because Texas is sacrificing long term economic strength for short term growth.

Facts.

-Texas more then any other state depended on Federal Money to plug it's budget gaps during the economic downturn. 99% of it's budget gap was filled with stimulus money that Perry made a big show of initially refusing to accept.

-Texas passes 2 year budgets, unlike most states, hence the years Texas grabs about not having a deficit problem are ALWAYS the years they've already budgeted for.

-If you want a low skill low pay job Texas is a great place. If you want a high skill (college education required) job, Texas is HORRIBLE. Texas has the highest percentage of people in the nation working minimum wage jobs, 25%.

-Texas' lack of a safety net causes the federal government to have to pay more to aid poor Texans in need of help, so it's not really saving tax payers any money, it's just shifting the bill to everyone else.

-If you take the oil & natural gas industry & their employees out of Texas (something that only exists just because of pure luck of Texas' geological location, not any business incentives to drill for oil. You can't drill for oil where it doesn't exist after all) Texas ends up looking as bad or even worse then a lot of other states in unemployment numbers, tax revenue, etc.

-The wealth of parents strongly determines how well their kids will do in life. Kids who's parents earn minimum wage are MUCH more likely to do awful in life and turn to crime as adults, so Texas' record number of people earning minimum wage or close to it is a VERY bad sign for the state's economic future.

Perry clearly demonstrated what a COMPLETE MORON he truly is during the GOP primaries. He should be burying his head in the sand in embarrassment and shame instead of making a further public joke of himself - and Texas can have him - please keep him there!!

-Texas more then any other state depended on Federal Money to plug it's budget gaps during the economic downturn. 99% of it's budget gap was filled with stimulus money that Perry made a big show of initially refusing to accept.

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What is it with you snake oil selling liberals, that makes you think just because you say something, it must be true. You can't win a debate on true facts. Yherefore you must make up your own. Shadowliar....................

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There are repeated attempts to convert liberal opinion into a statement of fact. This can be done by citing a liberal advocate as an authority or by selectively invoking a liberal perception about what "most people think." This style of argument occurs too often, and too selectively, to reflect mere lack of intellectual rigor. It appears to be central to the liberal style of reasoning.

The White House's Annual Report shows where the money that the federal government has obligated so far has gone. California, as the largest state, received the most money, $34.8 billion. But Texas, the second-most-populous state, received $19.3 billion—less than the third-most-populous state, New York ($23.4 billion).

Liberals = Why things fail. They are just too elitist and arrogant as too understand why.

Lived in both states and you get what you pay for. Yes, I live in NY. But we have the Capital of the world, outstanding water and schools. You have 4 real seasons. What did I do in Texas? Made some cash but worked much more for much less. It was nice but it's no NY. You cannot even get clean water in Texas. The microbs are so small that they cannot filter it out as the same water has been used over and over again. Anyway, I prefer NY were whites will always be a majority of the state. Unlike Texas where non Hispanic whites are already in the minority with schools loaded with non white. Texas is done in 10 years.